Despite declines in some major Asian-Pacific indices, such as the Shanghai Composite (-1.7%) and the Hang Seng Index (-1.2%), the VN-Index (+0.7%) continued to rally, led by GAS (+3.4%), VHM (+2%) and BID (+2.5%) to approach the threshold of 1,000. Oil and Gas tickers, including GAS (+3.4%), PVD (+2.5%) and PVS (+2.5%) maintained gains while PLX (-0.2%) slightly declined. Real-Estate tickers soared, led by VHM (+2%), NVL (+3.6%), DXG (+3.3%) and TDH (+5.8%).